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Sources say when the LAPD first searched Jackson's home the night he died, they did not turn up Propofol or many of the other drugs that were in Jackson's house.

Dr. Murray talked to the LAPD the following Saturday and the information he supplied triggered another, broader search warrant. Cops returned to the house the following Monday and discovered "various drugs" secretly stashed in a closet in the guest room where Dr. Murray was staying.

Here's the amazing thing ...law enforcement sources say Dr. Murray himself told LAPD detectives about the closet when he was interviewed the Saturday after Jackson's death.

One law enforcement source says: "The drugs were concealed...they weren't obvious." Among the stash -- Propofol, the drug authorities believe killed Michael Jackson.

LOS ANGELES – A former financial advisor to Michael Jackson said Friday that he was the person who recently turned over to executors $5.5 million, which had been "a secret between Michael and me."

Dr. Tohme Tohme responded to an inquiry from The Associated Press about documents in which administrators of the estate said they had recovered $5.5 million and substantial amounts of personal property from an unnamed former financial adviser.

"It was not recovered," he said. "I had the money and I gave it to them. It was a secret between Michael and me."

He said the money, which came from recording residuals, was earmarked by Jackson for the purchase of what was to be his "dream home" in Las Vegas. He said he was in negotiations for the home when Jackson died.
"He said, 'Don't tell anyone about this money,'" Tohme recalled. "But when he passed away I told them I had this money, and I gave it to them."
He said he also turned over a large number of items from Jackson's Neverland estate that were once scheduled to be auctioned. When Jackson decided to call off the auction, Tohme said he had everything put into storage. He said he turned over that personal property to the executors as well.

Tohme is the financier who advised Jackson during the last year and half of his life and was instrumental in saving Neverland from foreclosure. He also was a key figure in negotiating the contracts for Jackson to do a series of comeback concerts in London.
The estate's receipt of the money was revealed in court documents released Friday.

Attorney John Branca and music executive John McClain are serving as temporary administrators as spelled out in the King of Pop's will. The men are finishing several deals that they expect will generate "tens of millions of dollars of revenues."
They expect to submit those deals for court approval within the next week, the filings state.
The revelations were included in two motions requesting allowances for Jackson's three children and his mother, Katherine. The petitions state that Jackson was the primary source of income for his children and his mother, who receives some money from Social Security.
Katherine Jackson currently has custody of the three children, 12-year-old Michael Joseph Jr., known as Prince Michael; 11-year-old Paris Michael Katherine Jackson; and 7-year-old Prince Michael II, known as Blanket. The children and Jackson's mother are the only members of Jackson's family eligible to receive support from the estate, according to the court filings.

The monthly stipends that Branca and McClain hope to provide the Jacksons were redacted from the court records released Friday.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff refused to grant the allowances on Thursday, opting instead to consider them at a hearing on Aug. 3. The judge did allow the administrators to enter into deals that will bring reprints of Michael Jackson's 1988 autobiography, "Moonwalk" back to booksellers.

Branca and McClain "believe that the projected cash flow and the assets of the estate are more than sufficient to cover the payment of this amount as a family allowance for the benefit of the minor children."
Jackson paid for the expenses at the Jackson family home in the San Fernando Valley, the court filings state. The administrators plan to keep that arrangement, even though some of the expenses may go to other Jackson family members who also live at the home.

Jackson's children will receive Social Security benefits, which have been applied for but payments have not yet started. Their monthly stipends from the estate may be reduced, depending on much money they receive from Social Security, the filings state.

I think Paris will. In some of the xmas videos michael asked her what did she want to do when she gets older, and she smiled and said I want to do what you do daddy. And he was like oh yea, well what do i do. She was like you sing and dance. And now since she is older, and has the jacksons, im sure someone will set her up if she wants to sing when she gets old. Blanket will probably do it also, but the oldest not so much. He just doesn't come off as a entertainer, but hell they may all sunrise us. Hell paris may be go into the "adult entertainment" :P , prince michael may become a singer and blanket list in the military or something like that lol

"On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, 'Okay, this is the limit.' As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna. Stolen from us 1st May 1994. Never forgotten.

10:16am UK, Saturday July 25, 2009 A lock of Michael Jackson's hair is to be turned into diamonds to give a select few fans a unique way of remembering their idol.

The Jackson diamond will be created by the firm which made this blue stone

The star lost the hair when he was set on fire during the filming of a Pepsi advert in 1984.
Ralph Cohen, the executive producer of the video, scooped up some of the charred strands and put them in his pocket as Jackson was rushed off set to hospital.
He kept it for 25 years before selling it to John Reznikoff, who has amassed a collection of hair from famous historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
Now the collector has teamed up with LifeGem to produce an exclusive set of diamonds from a portion of the hair. The rest will remain in his collection.
LifeGem founder Dean VandenBiesen said: "We specialise in creating diamonds from locks of hair.
"Our plan is to give people an opportunity to own a diamond made from Michael Jackson's DNA.

"We are currently evaluating Jackson's hair sample to determine how many diamonds can be created.
"This will be a limited collection and we anticipate great interest."
The company previously worked with Reznikoff to create diamonds from Beethoven's hair in 2007 and sold one of them on eBay for around $200,000 (£122,000).
Meanwhile, Jackson's former financial adviser has handed over millions of dollars of the King of Pop's money to his executors.
Dr Tohme Tohme said the $5.5m (£3.3m) was "a secret between Michael and me" and had been earmarked for the purchase of a "dream home" in Las Vegas.

10:16am UK, Saturday July 25, 2009 A lock of Michael Jackson's hair is to be turned into diamonds to give a select few fans a unique way of remembering their idol.

The Jackson diamond will be created by the firm which made this blue stone

The star lost the hair when he was set on fire during the filming of a Pepsi advert in 1984.
Ralph Cohen, the executive producer of the video, scooped up some of the charred strands and put them in his pocket as Jackson was rushed off set to hospital.
He kept it for 25 years before selling it to John Reznikoff, who has amassed a collection of hair from famous historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, John F Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
Now the collector has teamed up with LifeGem to produce an exclusive set of diamonds from a portion of the hair. The rest will remain in his collection.
LifeGem founder Dean VandenBiesen said: "We specialise in creating diamonds from locks of hair.
"Our plan is to give people an opportunity to own a diamond made from Michael Jackson's DNA.

"We are currently evaluating Jackson's hair sample to determine how many diamonds can be created.
"This will be a limited collection and we anticipate great interest."
The company previously worked with Reznikoff to create diamonds from Beethoven's hair in 2007 and sold one of them on eBay for around $200,000 (£122,000).
Meanwhile, Jackson's former financial adviser has handed over millions of dollars of the King of Pop's money to his executors.
Dr Tohme Tohme said the $5.5m (£3.3m) was "a secret between Michael and me" and had been earmarked for the purchase of a "dream home" in Las Vegas.

How great would that be to have? Well...Sucks Im not a millionaire. lol
Oh Thanx to everyone else who posted the GIF images of Michael earlier. I was in kind of a sucky mood earlier and being able to see his pictures and watch his amazing dancing skills always cheers me up.

Micheal Jackson was an icon we grew up with and we had images of him in all varied ways.As far as the visual icon Micheal Jackson became... I think its really hard for us to imagine not being without his image in one form or another in our lifetime! We always had him in our sights in all shapes and forms and now he is gone!
Its a generational loss! Thats why its hits us so hard too!

Wow it's been a month already any news about if they have buried him or not. Sad to think how fast time goes it seems only yesterday that he died.

I know! I seriously feel like I was just watching the memorial yesterday...

Originally Posted by cherryghost

Micheal Jackson was an icon we grew up with and we had images of him in all varied ways.As far as the visual icon Micheal Jackson became... I think its really hard for us to imagine not being without his image in one form or another in our lifetime! We always had him in our sights in all shapes and forms and now he is gone! Its a generational loss! Thats why its hits us so hard too!

Exactly. I agree with everything you said. I know there are very few of us that think so..But Im one of the people that even with all the plastic surgery,thought michael was a beautiful person..inside and out.He had an amazing smile and eyes that showed so much emotion.Not a year of my childhood wasnt surrounded by everything michael.Im sooo glad that we do have his music and images,and that those will span across many generations to come..as it spanned across all of ours.In my opinion we have lost the Last great musician. Someone who works so hard over his music and dancing,spending 30+ years perfecting his craft. He was a master at what he did. And Its a really sad and tragic loss to the Music industry. Im still absolutely floored by all that is happening. It doesnt feel quite real to me yet. Not because I think he faked his death..but because his music and dancing was there for so long..and now..He's gone. Its just so surreal..even a month afterward. I cant believe its been a month. It seems like just yesterday.

Oh and also..someone mentioned that there was something in the national enquirer about Michael..That could possibly be offensive to MJ fans...Well Of course Im a death hag anyway..so I had to go and look while I was at the store...and I didnt see anything...What was supposed to be in there?

Michael really was one of a kind totally unique, I have never felt the loss of any famous person the way i have felt for Michaels death ,I have never cried so much and still continue to cry for anyone the way i do for Michael bar my own family members . I still find it hard to acknowledge Michael is no longer in this world and hate the thought we'll never see or hear from him again other than past stuff. I hate the fact he still hasn't been buried so he can finally rest in peace i know it's just his body and his soul is long gone but it doesn't seem right until this happens, I hate the fact even though Michael obviously knew the risks taking whatever medication he took to know his death could be from someone else's negligence in dishing out the drugs just breaks my heart but no matter what the outcome of the tox results we can't bring him back, My heart breaks for his children whose world has been changed forever his family who must be feeling so much pain with the loss of their brother uncle son etc and the constant media attention that still print the crap and never acknowledge the good Michael did whilst he was here. Yes Michael was a unique individual and i will miss him more than i ever would have imagined

Whew! For a second I thought it was just closed. For good. And that thought was not a happy one.

Shamone with thread 2!

Me too! I was getting a little nervous at first when I couldn't find it I may not post too much, but the MJ thread is a daily fix for me now Pretty sweet that the tox reports haven't even come out yet and we're on to a 2nd thread!

On another note: I cannot believe it's been a month already... still doesn't seem real. I hope he has finally found peace.

Me too! I was getting a little nervous at first when I couldn't find it I may not post too much, but the MJ thread is a daily fix for me now Pretty sweet that the tox reports haven't even come out yet and we're on to a 2nd thread!

On another note: I cannot believe it's been a month already... still doesn't seem real. I hope he has finally found peace.

Heh, I've been in the habit of just keeping the thread open on my laptop at all times, and just refreshing when I come back to it. I had wanted to reply to something really nice that someone said to me, and then I realized the quote button wasn't there. And at the bottom, there was no reply option. I almost started to panic. Until I went to the main page and saw this thread.

Yeah, already a month. Still not a heck of a lot of closure though. Still quite surreal, actually. Times like these, I am quite happy to have youtube.